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Mobilizing Domestic Capital Markets for Infrastructure Financing. International experience and Lessons for China
Kumar, A.; Gray, R.D.; Hoskote, M.; von Klaudy, S.; … - World Bank Group - 1997
The present report draws on experience from industrialized and developing countries in terms of capital market financing of domestic infrastructure projects, and discusses the applicaiblity of these lessons in the Chinese context. It also describes the strategies these economies have adopted to...
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Global Development Horizons 2011 : Multipolarity - The New Global Economy
World Bank Group - 2011
Transition to a new world order with more diffuse distribution of economic power is under way. This first edition of a new World Bank flagship report, 'Global Development Horizons 2011', focuses on three major international economic trends: the shift in the balance of global growth from...
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Global economic prospects : broad-based upturn, but for how long?
Devarajan, Shantayanan; Kose, M. Ayhan; Ohnsorge, Franziska - World Bank Group - 2018
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Women and Trade : The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality
World Bank Group - 2020
Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
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Trade and Investment Implications of Brexit
World Bank Group - 2016
The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit) may have a negative impact on trade and investment flows not just for the UK, but also for the countries with the largest exposure to the UK. The indirect impact of a Brexit-induced recession in the UK -may also be felt in the EU...
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Unlocking the Trade Potential of the Palestinian Economy : Immediate Measures and a Long-Term Vision to Improve Palestinian Trade and Economic Outcomes
World Bank Group - 2017
export-oriented sectors nor to tap into larger and more competitive third markets. Over the years, this situation has …
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Jordan Economic Monitor, Fall 2017 : Towards Stronger External Trade Performance
World Bank Group - 2017
Jordan's economic performance remains tempered in 2017 while the fiscal adjustment is in progress; yet there are positive signs on the horizon. Real GDP growth for 2017 is expected to reach 2.1 percent, just a 0.1 percentage point (pp) increase from 2016. On the supply side, services continue to...
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Trade as an Engine of Grow in Somalia : Constraints and Opportunities
World Bank Group - 2021
most-inclusive growth and poverty reduction. Boosting export competitiveness is inextricably linked with rebuilding the … set of markets. Its top five export products in 2018 accounted for more than 83 percent of total goods exports. Dominated …. Somalia's annual goods export revenues could be increased significantly by expanding sales of current exports to new markets …
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Russia Integrates : Deepening the Country's Integration in the Global Economy
World Bank Group - 2020
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The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Global Trade and Investment
World Bank Group - 2022
The war in Ukraine is a human tragedy for the people of Ukraine, but its economic implications are global. This instant report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment channels through which countries will be affected by the...
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